Paul Simon – Kathys Song (Guitar Solo)
Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
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Written by: Paul Simon
From the solo album "The Paul Simon Songbook" (1965)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: one step down
This is not the Simon and Garfunkel version of this beautiful song, but
the solo version that Simon recorded in London in 1965.
tuning: Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb
play: G
key: Gb/F#
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e D * 5-x-4-0-3-5 - technically speaking: D(add11)/A C/G 3-x-2-0-1-3 Asus2/G 3-x-2-2-0-0 Bm/F# 2-x-4-4-3-2 Gadd9 3-x-0-2-x-3
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[Intro]
| D * | % | % | % |
| G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G |
[Verse]
G C/G G I hear the drizzle of the rain Am Asus4/G C /B /A Bm/F# Like a memo- ry it falls G Bm/F# G C Soft and warm continuing Am Asus2/G D | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | Tapping on my roof and walls
[Verse]
G C/G | G C/G | G | And from the shelter of my mind Am Asus2/G C /B /A Bm/F# Through the window of my eyes G Bm/F# G C I gaze beyond the rain drenched streets Am D | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | To England where my heart lies
[Interlude]
| D * | % | % | D * C/G |
| G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G |
[Verse]
G C/G G My mind's distracted and diffused Am Asus2/G C /B /A Bm/F# My thoughts are many miles a- way G Bm/F# G C They lie with you when you're asleep Am Asus2/G D | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | And kiss you when you-ou-ou start your day
[Verse]
G C/G G And a song I was writing is left undone Am Asus2/G C /B /A Bm/F# I don't know why I spent my time G Bm/F# G C Writing songs I can't believe Am Asus2/G D | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | With words that tear a-a-nd strain to rhyme
[Interlude]
| D * | % | % | D * C/G |
| G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G |
[Verse]
G C/G G And so you see I have come to doubt Am Asus2/G C /B /A Bm/F# All that I once held as true G Bm/F# G C I stand alone without beliefs Am Asus2/G D | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | The only truth I know is you
[Verse]
G C/G G And as I watch the drops of rain Am Asus2/G C /B /A Bm/F# Weave their weary paths and die G Bm/F# G C I know that I am like the rain Am Asus2/G D | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | G C/G | There but for the grace of you go I
[Instrumental verse] (+ coda)
| G | Gadd9 | G | % | % |
| Am | Asus2/G | C /B /A | Bm/F# | % |
| G | Bm/F# | G | C | % |
| Am | Asus2/G | D/A | G